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You doing brief and pasta party
I'm travelling up Thurs & staying at premier inn at the stadium. Was pondering the athlete party fri night as this will be my first IM so want to make the most of the experience etc (just in case it's first & only!)
Not bothering with the pasta party. From experience poor food and the wrong time to be milling about on your feet. I'm thinking Pizza Express in Bolton Town Centre. Say 7:30?
Shaz, are you going to the flash on Friday for the swim session?
Yep, my plan is to get up there Thurs afternoon & register & maybe drive the course if there's time. Friday will sort bags in the morn, drive the course if I didn't get to on Thurs, practice swim, briefing & dinner. Sat will just be dropping bits off in the morn & then staying off my feet the rest of the day!
We will be out on the bike course shouting at you
You will pass us twice, once at 57and half miles and in the same place at 104 miles
This will be my first (and possibly last!!) IM so figure may as well do the whole experience thing, so just sent my athlete form off (WHICH NEEDS TO BE DONE BY 5PM TODAY FOR ANYONE WHO HASN'T DONE IT) & ticked yes for the dinner. They reckon it will only go til 8pm so I figure worst case can always get something else to eat after (or leave early if it's really that bad!)
SA - cool, will look forward to it but I don't have pirate kit so probably won't be too recognisable (although I will have bright pink calf guards on which should limit the field down a bit!)
Shas, I did this a couple of years ago, and although I'm fairly cynical, went for the welcome dinner or whatever it's called. I really enjoyed it! Way too much hype, but reasonable food, seating at tables so no need to worry about being on your feet, and in 2013 they had an amazing drumming troupe which got the adrenaline going. It's also a good chance to chat to fellow competitor who are just as nervous, so I think you've made a good decision.
Have fun
Hi Guys, i sadly cant make the pasta party (never been) or pizza express on friday night as i'll be sat sitting around at home. i'll be wearing pirate kit on the ride so give me a shout if you pass me.
good luck guys
Shaz (and anyone else who is around), make sure you say hi if you see anyone kicking around in the kit. Don't be shy
Red Dog, send me your number and it's a date. Don't worry, I don't bite...and I'm married...nothing heavy right...it's just the first date...sheesh!
SA...I expect the usual "encouragement" You'll be a sight for sore eyes on that second lap!
I will be up at the reebok on the Friday to regester and the brief and pasta party complete with pirate t shirt
give me a shout if you are about
SA keep the noise up when you see us coming down the road
Anybody registered yet
i will prob get up there just after dinner time tomorrow
weather for Sunday says bright early on but chance of rain in the early evening
have fun all..good luck
Hey guys i've registered....number 1767...i dont have a pirate t-shirt but i will say hello to any i see at the briefing this afternoon.
quick question...where is the pirate support? i heard 57 and 99 miles...so i think thats around mawdsley back towards standish...but not sure (i doubt i'll miss you anyway though...i've heard SA shouting before)
this came from a pirate a couple of years ago and i always loved it...seems apt to post it here and is better than good luck
Have a great race. Love your day. You've probably trained harder than you ever have, gone out in sun, wind, rain, snow.
You will have done things you wouldn't have thought possible, covered distances inconcievable.
You will have fought of all kinds of problems, experienced gut wrenching moments of doubt and come through them to find yourself standing in transition, in the dark, sick to the pit of your stomach.
But at some point, during all the miles and all the months, something, somewhere will have changed.
Somewhere inside you is a voice that says 'No. I will not stop. I will not give in. I will go on'.
That's the ironman you have made. That's the ironman you are. Just show everyone, your friends, your family, your fellow competitors what you already know - you are an ironman
Show the the world. Show us you are ironmen. Love your race.
Andy/shas I will be up about 1ish wearing ironman South Africa t shirt give me a shout if you see me
Have a good race this weekend chaps and chapesses
Good to see stanners here
Off to Pennington now to have a look
At the swim
i'll be at the 5pm briefing today guys, i'll say hello if i recognise anybody
oh i have a plain black ironman polo shirt on...with red on the collar and arms
Was in the flash last night for a swim. Was quite warm - must have been 16+ degrees, but a bit windy (the weather!)
Good luck shipmates, look forward to the reports.
Oh yeah..don't be sh1te
Big Red Dog Chris out the water 1:18:57! Top Dog
Running Dad 1:20:10!
Go on peeps. Good luck and 'don't be shit!'
Oo.. Stanners 1:15.54 and Shas 1:35.45! Apparently, a lovely day for it
glad someones got the times as I havent got the numbers to check...
is everyone out of the swim......
this thread is so bad.no neat list of competitor and numbers......
how does an armchair supporter manage
Yep, all out. Crooks 1:38 Andy 1:40. There is a list but further back. I nodded off hence late update
Shas - 310
Stanners - 1169
Crooky - 1581
Running Dad 1610
Red Dog Chris - 1786
Andyb99 1767
right is that it